castmate
castmate noun: someone with whom one performs together, as a member of a cast.
Noun
castmate (plural castmates)
- Someone with whom one performs together, as a member of a cast.
- A few feet away, her friend and castmate Tara Ross, also 18, was applying makeup; outside their door, a couple of boys were sacked out on a couch, studying notes in binders.2007 June 14, Melena Ryzik, “Unwelcome at Home, Student Play Is a Hit in New York”, in The New York Times
- “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew,” the five actors said. “We were more than just castmates. We are a family.[…]”2023 October 30, Sian Cain, “Friends stars release statement after death of Matthew Perry: ‘We were more than just castmates’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of castmate
| plural | castmates |
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Origin of castmate
From cast + -mate.
Questions about castmate
- What does castmate mean?
- Castmate means someone with whom one performs together, as a member of a cast.
- What part of speech is castmate?
- Castmate is a noun.
- What is the plural of castmate?
- The plural of castmate is castmates.
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